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FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 9, 1913. 
Published Weekly by the 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 
Charles Otis, President. 
W. G. Beecroft, Secretary. W. J. Gallagher, Treasurer. 
127 Franklin Street, New York. 
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formation between American sportsmen. The editors 
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are devoted, but, of course, are not responsible for the 
views of correspondents. Anonymous communications 
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OUR FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY. 
The next issue of Forest and Stream will 
be our fortieth birthday—that happy age when 
most of us look back at a great deal of youth¬ 
ful effort, preparation for greater things to be 
accomplished in the years to come. Most of us 
have failed in some things upon which we had 
set our hearts of accomplishment, and we admit 
having left undone some of those things we 
ought to have done, and done some of the things 
we ought not to have done, but we have learned 
much that will be your profit in future. This 
special issue will contain a great deal that is 
retrospective to refresh the memories of our old 
subscribers and reveal the days and doings of 
long ago to our younger friends. The issue 
will, we expect, carry the advertising of our 
old friends and some visitors. The entire num¬ 
ber will serve as a compendium for sportsmen— 
where to go, what to take and where to get it. 
The demand for this number will be great, and 
to the man who buys Forest and Stream each 
week from a newsdealer we suggest placing an 
early order. From both weekly buyer and regu¬ 
lar subscriber we hope, as far as possible, for 
their patronage of our advertisers. 
“HOW DEAR TO THE HEART.” 
A belief was held by eighteenth century 
physicians that the atmosphere of one’s birth¬ 
place possessed peculiar virtue; and a not un¬ 
common recourse, when a patient was in des¬ 
perate straits, was to send him back for this 
benefit of the natal air. However fanciful may 
have been the notion, there are thousands who 
can testify to the magic influences of the old 
home and its surroundings when a visit is made 
to them after the lapse of years. For many a 
man, a fishing excursion in spring or summer, 
or a hunting trip in the crisp days of autumn, 
means going back to the familiar scenes of 
youth; and it would not be far from the fact 
to say that no other outing one may make can 
compare with this home returning. The streams 
may have dwindled and the old-time store of 
fish be wanting, but scant score of trout or bass 
is more than made up by the flood of pleasant 
recollections which overwhelm the spirit at sight 
of familiar scenes. The covers once unfailing 
for quail or partridge may prove now barren 
and desolate of game, but one would not ex¬ 
change for a bag of game or a creel of fish the 
pictures memory paints of the old days with the 
dear faces and the voices heard no more. 
THE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT. 
Among the pleasant duties assumed by 
Forest and Stream is that of trying to give 
information to its readers concerning localities 
where the shooting and fishing are good. This 
information, collected with a good deal of labor 
and at considerable expense, is freely given to 
such of our readers as may apply for it. It is 
at their service without money and without price. 
But, while gladly giving out our knowledge on 
this subject, we must insist that those who apply 
for it shall use a little judgment and discretion. 
No man who wishes to go shooting should 
imagine that he alone of all the world has this 
desire. He must remember that many others 
beside himself want to go to the best place, and 
that the competition for board, guides, teams, 
and so on at these places is very likely to be 
sharp. He should realize that it is not enough 
for him to get the name of a place and then 
to step aboard his train with his shooting things. 
If he does no more than this, he may learn 
when he reaches his destination that there is 
no room at the hotel, boarding house or farm¬ 
er’s, or that other people, on the ground before 
him, have engaged all the teams, as well as the 
services of all the local guides. Conditions 
change swiftly in this country. A section that 
was well protected during the close season, and 
where birds were abundant on the opening day, 
may be swept nearly bare a week or two later. 
No man, therefore, should think of going to any 
locality without first writing and making definite 
arrangements for accommodation, transportation, 
and the services of a man who knows the 
ground. If he fails to take these necessary 
precautions, the chances are ten to one that his 
trip will be in vain, and for this he will have 
no one but himself to blame. 
ADIRONDACK FLY CASTS. 
There is a decided difference of opinion 
among anglers, especially Messrs. Breck, Gor¬ 
don, Thomas, et al, as to the kind of artificial 
flies most effective for trout fishing; moreover, 
the topic is one of never-failing interest. The 
successful fisherman who at the conclusion of 
a day’s sport returns to his hotel, boarding 
house or camp and exhibits a big trout, is sure 
to be greeted with the query: “Where did you 
catch him?” and when this has been answered 
evasively or otherwise, someone will ask: “What 
fly did he take?” To meet expectations on such 
occasions one must be prepared to say that the 
fish rose to a red ibis, white miller, queen of 
the water, or other, as the fact may have been; 
and furthermore, to add that the other flies on 
the cast were so and so, naming them, of course. 
The chances are that a general discussion as to 
the relative merits of these and other flies will 
follow, perhaps not immediately, but as soon as 
there is a favorable opportunity, and an hour 
or very likely an entire evening will thus be 
whiled away most agreeably. Incidentally, en¬ 
tertaining stories will be told about other big- 
trout that have been caught, and concerning un¬ 
commonly large catches of somewhat smaller 
ones. 
These conversations are characteristic dur¬ 
ing the fishing season, and the theme being of 
common interest, invariably proves enjoyable. 
Every fisherman who has visited this or that 
region will have pleasant memories of the eve¬ 
nings passed in this way, for when several long 
hours have been spent on a stream or lake in 
quest of trout, the after-supper interchange of 
ideas among fellow anglers appears to round out 
the day’s enjoyment as nothing else can. Noth¬ 
ing will break down the barriers and bring about 
a general conversation among strangers at a 
wilderness resort more surely and speedily than 
the introduction of this subject. Casually ask 
the man nearest you what his favorite fly is, and 
in nine case out of ten that will suffice to set 
the ball rolling. In a few minutes you will be 
talking together as earnestly as though you had 
been acquainted for years, and everyone else 
within hearing, who knows anything about fly¬ 
fishing, will be eagerly listening and putting in 
a word whenever the opportunity is presented. 
If you don’t believe it, try the experiment. 
Should it fail, it will be because the man you 
address is not an enthusiastic angler, or you are 
not well up on the subject yourself. Many warm 
and lasting friendships have resulted from an 
acquaintance begun in this informal manner. 
THE SPORTSMAN’S LURE. 
A silver half dollar is the key to many a 
good game cover. The insistent gunner who 
sets in to browbeat his way may stand long like 
a horse in paddock gazing longingly over the 
fence it cannot jump into the clover field. He 
is wiser, happier, luckier and more heavily laden 
at the close of the day who negotiates his privi¬ 
leges in a businesslike way. 
A PRO SEASON SUGGESTION. 
The hunter is required to distinguish be¬ 
tween a moose, cow and bull, or buck and doe, 
before firing his shot. Is it too much to de¬ 
mand that he shall also distinguish between 
moose or deer and a human being before he 
shoots? 
Wishing. 
There’s a spot by the stream that I know very well. 
Where willows droop switches of gray; 
Where songs of the locust are clear as a bell; 
Where there is a perfume of hay 
From fields that roll back to the far-away wood, 
And skies are so tender and blue, 
I’d drop everything, and fish there if I could— 
But, heavens! there’s too much to do! 
I’d lie on my back and watch birds overhead, 
Like flashes of light swiftly pass; 
I’d feel the warm sun on the top of my head, 
And chew bits of succulent grass; 
I’d throw out my line and then let it alone, 
And lie there and lazily chew, 
But time is what mighty few people can own, 
And, heavens! there’s too much to do! 
—Dallas News. 
